Fullerene printer. Conceptual illustration showing a sci-fi device able to simultaneously print buckyballs, nanotubes and graphene sheets. Fullerenes

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Fullerene printer. Conceptual illustration showing a sci-fi device able to simultaneously print buckyballs, nanotubes and graphene sheets. Fullerenes have their carbon atoms arranged in a spherical, cylindrical or planar structure and are named after Richard Buckminster Fuller, a twentieth century American designer who pioneered the use of the geodesic dome in architecture.

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Size: 5000px × 3750px
Photo credit: © LAGUNA DESIGN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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